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Collection Holdings from Western Canada:

Includes:

  1. ABT: Alberta
  2. BRC: British Columbia
  3. MAN: Manitoba
  4. SAS: Saskatchewan

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

        • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

        Subfamily Scilloideae
        Tribe Hyacintheae

        • Camassia quamash - western USA and Canada

        Asteraceae

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Anthemideae

          • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA
          • Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana - western US

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Astereae

          • Grindelia integrifolia - Oregon, Washington and British Columbia W/C
          • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Opuntieae

            • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common

            Ceratophyllaceae

            • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

            Convolvulaceae

              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
              Tribe Convolvuleae

              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

              Cornaceae

              • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

              Dryopteridaceae

              • Polystichum munitum - western USA, Canada W/C

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

              Fabaceae

                Subfamily Faboideae
                Tribe Amorpheae

                • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                Grossulariaceae

                • Ribes cereum - western North America
                • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America

                Hydrocharitaceae

                • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                Juncaginaceae

                • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                Lentibulariaceae

                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                Myricaceae

                • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                Orobanchaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Pedicularideae

                  • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                  Papaveraceae

                    Subfamily Fumarioideae
                    Tribe Fumarieae

                    • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                    Penthoraceae

                    • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                    Pinaceae

                      Subfamily Abietoideae

                      • Abies balsamea - northeastern USA and eastern Canada W/C

                      Subfamily Pinoideae

                      • Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Andropogoneae

                        • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                        Polemoniaceae

                          Subfamily Polemonioideae
                          Tribe Polemonieae

                          • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                          Pteridaceae

                            Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                            • Aspidotis densa - western USA and Canada

                            Ranunculaceae

                              Subfamily Isopyroideae
                              Tribe Isopyreae

                              • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                              Rosaceae

                                Subfamily Dryadoideae
                                Tribe Dryadeae

                                • Purshia tridentata - western US & Canada

                                Subfamily Rosoideae
                                Tribe Potentilleae

                                • Fragaria chiloensis - western North America & disjunct population in Chile W/C

                                Sarraceniaceae

                                • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                Urticaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Urticeae

                                  • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                  Violaceae

                                  • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 40 accessions native to Western Canada

                                  W/C = Wild Collected
                                  = Currently Flowering
                                  = Image(s) Available
                                  = map available for this accession

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